Thursday, October . 28, i903
THE HOME CIRCLE
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All letter intended tor this Department should be addressed
to "Aunt Mmry," ear e Progressiee farmer, Raleigh, N. C.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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quality.
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Made for Remington and all
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wanted, and no one ouside the
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The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C
Piamio
1 an Instrument bought once In a
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Manufacturer of the
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Southern Warcroom
5 West Trade Street
Charlotte - N. C.
C. H. WTLMOTH, Manager
(Mention this paper)
Industrial Christian College
Can Accomodate 100 New Students.
Terms: Pay students, flO per meat : werk
students, S25 down and four hours werk
per day. Artesian water.
JOHN W. TYNDALX A. B., Pres..
Eorsvear. If . O.
Tools for the workshop, farm or home must be tools of quality.
A plane, for instance, to smooth a board properly, must nave a
keen blade, carefully adjusted its surface must be true and it
must fit the hand.
are carefully inspected, adjusted and tested before
leaving me laciory.
Look for the Keen Kutter trademark on every tool
you buyit guarantees the tool to be satisfactory or
money refunded.
The name Keen Kutter covers a full line of tools for
shop, garden and farm, as well as scissors, shears,
pocket knives, razors and table cutlery.
If not at your dealer's, write us.
SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPART (lie). St. Lbois ass New Tsik. U. S. A.
"Oh, Yet We Trtxot."
H YET WE TRUST that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;
That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroyed.
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete;
That not a worm is cloven in vain;
That not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivell'd in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another's gain.
Behold we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last far off at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.
So runs my dream; but what am I?
An infant crying in the night;
An infant crying for the light;
And with no language but a cry.
Alfred Tennyson.
How to Grow Roses
Set in Good Soil, Preferably a Clayey One, Keep Well Culti
vated or Mulched, Cut Back Each Year and Gather the Flowers.
By Mrs. J.
OSES MAY; be grown in almost
any kind of soil, but thrive
better where there is a clay
subsoil with a good soil above this.
The rose bed should be plowed or
spaded at least twelve inches deep,
thus mixing some of the clay with
the soil to which has been added a
very liberal supply of stable manure.
Should this clay subsoil be wanting,
it is well to supply it, a good shovel
full to each plant, thoroughly mixed
with the soil. A little commercial
fertilizer added occasionally helps the
rosea to make an extra good growth
the first season.
There should be no trees or shrub
bery near the rose bed. Roses will not
thrive unless they have an abund
ance oi sunsmne, witn no roots
near them to absorb the moisture.
Varieties.
Formerly roses which bloomed
only in spring, were given place in
our grandmothers' gardens, but
"times have changed," and now we
do not think of cultivating any but
the ever-blooming tea roses, unless
it be as a relict from some loved
spot. We have grown a great va
riety of tea roses, and while we ad
mired them all, as the size of our
rose garden was limited, we have
culled to the following members of
that royal family:
Pure white: Marie Guillot, Fran
cis E. Willard.
Creamy white: White La France,
Robert E. Lee, Kaiserin Augusta
Victoria (climber).
White tinted with pink: White
Cochet, The Bride, White Marechal
Neil (climber), Golden Gate.
Pink: Pink Cochet, Pink La
France (this the sweetest scented of
all), Madam Welche, Catherin Mer
met, Bridesmaid.
Yellow: Yellow Cochet, Star of
Lyoon, Perle des Jardins, Marechal
Neil (climber), Sunset.
Red: Meteor, Helen Gould.
I have printed in black my
ehoice half dozen varieties. Any
wexaam would be proud to own these.
Hoses May Be Planted Now.
Roses may be planted with good
results in either fall or spring, but
C. Deaton,
in either event, the beds should be
prepared in the fall, and if planting
is deferred until March or April, the
bed can be thoroughly worked up
again before .setting the plants. Year
old plants grow and bloom profuse
ly the first season if properly cared
for. It is well to pinch out the first
buds that appear and let the plant
have a little growth before blooming.
Then keep the seed pods cut off, if
all roses are not gathered before
shedding.
Roses should be planted at least
four feet apart each way; the roots
carefully spread, and thoroughly wa
tered, covered about an Inch deep,
then a mulch of grass or leaves
placed around them to hold the
moisture, but not watered too fre
quently as the roots might decay.
Cultivation and Pruning.
Frequent cultivation, and water
ing In extremely dry weather are ad
vantageous, keeping a mulch around
the roots.
It is well to cut back roses from
one-half to two-thirds their length,
depending on the variety, every win
ter or spring. Thin out all weak
canes and remove old canes or
stumps. Very vigorous growers
may be cut back quite severely,
when it is desired to keep the size
of the plants down.
Mold and the green spider are two
of the most common enemies of the
rose. Sulphur sprinkled on the
leaves while damp with dew helps
remove the mold, and a good insect
powder, or a sprinkling of water in
which tobacco has been soaked, re
moves the spiders.
How to Grow Roses From Cuttings.
Roses are as easily grown from
cuttings as geraniums. If the bed
has been prepared, it is best to
plant them where they are to grow.
Place two cuttings (slips broken
down from old stock on which roses
have bloomed are best cutting?)
about an inch and a half or two
inches deep in the mellow soil, pr"
soil firmly around taem, water thor
oughly, and place a glass jar o
them. If both grow, remove on.
Bank soil around the jar, and it.